A wave of kidnappings is sweeping Haiti. But even in a country growing inured to horrific abductions, the case of five-year-old Olslina Janneus...
ON HAITI | ‘Descent into hell’: Kidnapping explosion terrorizes Haiti
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ON AFGHANISTAN | Violence Delivers: Al-Shabab Rejoice in the Taliban’s Success
A peace process which furthers the legitimization of the Taliban is only emboldening radical Islamists across the globe. Source: Uncommon Ground,...
Live films by and about refugees around the world
Refugee filmmakers filmed their lived realities from refugee camps in Greece, Kenya, Uganda, Jordan and as asylum seekers in Indonesia and Mexico...
ON MIGRATION | US Immigrant Communities divided generationally on participating in BLM protests
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old...
ON THE MEDIA | Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe
Press freedom is facing a growing crackdown one year into the COVID-19 pandemic as governments around the world restrict access to information and...
ON AFGHANISTAN | Exit Strategy
There will be no power-sharing, no reconciliation, no peace of the brave. The United States will be able to pick sides in the conflict, a luxury it...
ON THE MEDIA | Journalism under siege in Minnesota
As protests continued over a police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota, journalists have been subjected to...
ON DEVELOPMENT | Who really benefits from child sponsorship?
These programs perpetuate a white savior mentality, are paternalistic, and commodify children. Source: Opinion: Carol Sherman, The New Humanitarian,...
ON AFGHANISTAN | What did 20 years of western intervention in Afghanistan achieve? Ruination
Britain’s justifications for invading were having influence and deterring terror. They are just neo-imperialist platitudes, says Guardian columnist...
ON MIGRATION | US-made guns are ripping Central America apart and driving migration north
An iron river of illegal guns flows from the US to Mexico, Central America, and across the hemisphere Source: Opinion: Ioan Grillo, Fri 16 Apr 2021,...
ON THE MEDIA, ON AFGHANISTAN | Afghanistan’s press freedom is threatened. Meet the young journalists fighting for it
Under the threat of constant violence and a return to darker times, young editors and reporters refuse to give up, Raksha Kumar reports. Source:...
ON MIGRATION | In northern Mexico, aid efforts struggle to keep pace with soaring migration needs
Shelters are filling up fast as asylum seekers and migrants arriving at the border compete for places with US deportees. Source: The New...